Tenderer's Declaration for Service Contract

Tenderer's declaration for Service Contract

XX.XX.2017

Ref no.: __/IPA 2015/ 371- 773

TENDERER’S DECLARATION

Dear Sir/Madam

In response to your letter of invitation for the above contract we, < Name(s) of legal entity or entities>, hereby declare that we:

·  are submitting this tender on an individual basis for this contract. We confirm that we are not participating in any other tender for the same contract in any form (as a member, leader, in a consortium or as an individual candidate);

·  are not in any of the situations excluding us from participating in contracts listed in Section 2.3.3 of the Practical Guide to contract procedures for EU external action (available at the following internet address: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/index_en.htm);

·  agree to abide by the ethics clauses in Section 2.4.14 of the Practical Guide to contract procedures for EU external actions, have not been involved in the preparation of the project which is the subject of this tender procedure unless we prove that the involvement in previous stages of the project does not constitute unfair competition, and have no conflict of interests or any equivalent relation with other tenderers or other parties in the tender procedure at the time of submission of this tender;

·  will inform the Contracting Authority immediately if there is any change in the above circumstances at any stage during the implementation of the tasks;

·  fully recognise and accept that if we participate in spite of being in any of the situations listed in Section 2.3.3 of the Practical Guide to contract procedures for EU external actions , we may be excluded from tender procedures and contracts in accordance with the Section 2.3.4 of that Practical Guide. Furthermore, we acknowledge that, should we provide false declarations, make substantial errors or commit irregularities or fraud, we may also be subject to financial penalties representing 2% to 10% of the total value of the contract awarded. This rate may be increased to 4% to 20% in the event of a repeat offence within five years of the first infringement; and

·  are aware that, for the purposes of safeguarding the EU’s financial interests, our personal data may be transferred to internal audit services, to the European Court of Auditors, to the Financial Irregularities Panel or to the European Anti-Fraud Office.

We understand that if we fail to respond without the delay after receiving the notification of award, or if the information provided is proved false, the award may be considered null and void.

Yours faithfully,

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